Measuring Audience Engagement

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Is your elephant

Measuring audience engagementTim Elleston – Murdoch University

shy?

What an incredible opportunity we're faced with.

The internet is the most measurable communications channel there is.

It’s also fast becoming a

disconnected channel

Not in the sense of... unconnected

No, in fact we've never been so connected

We wake in the morning,switch on our iPhones

have a quick check on our emails.

At the breakfast table we'll read the news

or update our Facebook status

On the way to work we'll download a podcast…

or watch the latest video news

At work we'll browse our favourite blogs,

use Skype or IM.

Maybe at lunch we'll

buy some stuff online

During the afternoon we might tweet about our day

On the way home, we'll scroll through our favourite RSS feeds

And then at home we might answer a

few emails,

watch that YouTube video our crazy friend sent us

(we all have one)

and then maybe we'll watch a movie ordered online.

All of this happened across

multiple screens

All of this was fully connected

But all of this was

disconnected

Disconnected from a

single screen

Consumers today are demanding that the internet come to them

not them to their screens.

They choose the

time, place and device to interact with our content.

So the web is fundamentally

changing

So the web is fundamentally

changing X

It’s already changed

This represents an incredible opportunity

for us as

marketers

for us as

everyone

But it also represents an

incredible

challenge

One of the key measures for

video is engagement

To understand

engagement

we need to understand

channel success

And the channels are getting larger and more diverse everyday.

In fact, there are now so many channels

available to us

channels where our content is

consumed

repurposed

redistributed

…faster than we can possibly keep up.

We need to know which channels work best

and which content works best for each channel.

So how we should be optimising our content?

Or we can get the elephant out of the corner

fast

Luckily, we havea way to knowwhat to do…

We can nowcapture

millions of customer

interactions

analyse them

apply insights

and make interactionsmore relevant and

engaging.

It's analytics!

Web analytics is something

needYou know

But whenyou get it

Web analytics is not just about the numbers

It’s aboutOptimisation

It’s about

understanding

Your goals

Your audience

needs

Andreducingthe gapin between

And you need to manage that gap

You can’t managewhat you don’t measure

If you don’t understand why you’re measuring it

You can’t improve it

You’ve spent hours creating something that you’re passionate about

You’ve toiled over it

You’ve immersed

your life in it

But you’re not measuring it’s effect?

Getting the elephant out of the corner

doesn't have to be challenge

Ask yourself three questions

Who do you want engaged by this?Why are you doing this?

What do you want them to do?

There’s so muchyou can measure

Measure things that deliver

insights

Measure engagement

Take video

It's nice to know the number of times it’s been viewed

But how does that compare?

Source: TubeMogul Online Video Report 2010

78% have less than 2,500 views

Did they view all of it?

Source: TubeMogul Online Video Report 2010

Did they replay it?

How many times?

Did they go on to view other

videos?

How many of your videos does the average person watch?

Where are they viewing it?

On their phone?On their iPad?

At work or home?

Which traffic sources work best for you?

Source: TubeMogul Online Video Report 2010

Did they feel so engaged and inspired by your creation that they actually shared it with someone else?

Popularity insights:Number of sites linking to youUnique viewsMost popular videosNumber of comments receivedNumber of Facebook Likes

Engagement insights:Time spent viewing by sourceNew vs. Repeat viewsNumber of videos viewedSignups to somethingNumber of shares (and their activity)

Channel insights:Most popular formatMost popular platformViews by channelCompletion by channel

If you knew all that, what could you do differently?

If you knew all that, what would you do differently?

Web analytics is nottechnical mumbo jumbo

It’s there to provideyou insights

so that you can improve your ROI

andoptimise for better

engagement

Answer your 3 questions

Define your strategy

measure accordingly

Unleash your elephant

replace

“I think” with

“I know”

http://www.elephantsandanalytics.com.auShameless plug

Tim Ellestonsenior manager – Digital Media

Any questions?